Washington's statistics for 2011
Sifting through statistics is about as rewarding as
panning for gold in a dry creek bed. Occasionally, though, you'll find a
nugget of a stat which, for the moment at least, seems as big as Fort
Knox.
Drab: In comparing last year's team with this year's team, as
shown in Table 3 below, Washington has improved in 18 of the 26
statistical measurements. However, statistics concerning pass defense and total
defense have worsened, with UW ranking 116th and 106th in FBS football,
respectively.
Now for the nugget, which was uncovered by sifting
through in the game-by-game statistics, much like colliding protons to find quarks.
Nugget: In its 7 wins this season, Washington has held
its opponents to 49.6 yards rushing, while in its 6 losses, UW has given
up 307.67 rushing yards per game. Ironically, the data from Table 1
suggests that stopping the run has been UW's most critical defensive statistic
this season, pass defense notwithstanding.
In keeping with this stat, note that while senior
defensive tackle Alameda Ta'amu won the L. Wait Rising Defensive Lineman
of the Year Award, which was presented at the UW Awards Banquet, he
failed to make either the Pac-12's first or second all-conference team,
as selected by the Pac-12 coaches.
Conclusion: Our nugget of a stat says that the Huskies will begin
to compete with the big boys, as in the top 25, when defensive
coordinator Nick Holt begins to think "SEC front four" -- or, say, a
Haloti Ngata
-- when out on the recruiting trail and settles for nothing less.
An improved front four -- and pass rush-- would help with the Huskies'
pass defense, which, of course, deserves serious consideration as well.
Table 1. Defensive stats in wins and losses.
Washington's Defense |
Rushing yards p/g |
Passing yards p/g |
Seven winning games |
49.6 |
342.7 |
Six losing games |
307.67 |
200.17 |
School |
W/L |
Rush |
UW
Rush |
Eastern
Washington |
W |
31
yards |
148
yards |
Hawaii |
W |
55 |
151 |
Nebraska |
L |
309 |
146 |
California |
W |
108 |
117 |
Utah |
W |
17 |
185 |
Colorado |
W |
62 |
295 |
Stanford |
L |
446 |
172 |
Arizona |
W |
36 |
179 |
Oregon |
L |
212 |
82 |
USC |
L |
252 |
46 |
Oregon State |
L |
145 |
160 |
Washington State |
W |
38 |
143 |
Baylor
|
L |
482 |
182 |
Table 2. NCAA Statistics
NCAA Statistics
Table 3. Statistics over the last three years.
1. Ball Control
Time of Poss. |
30:25 |
7 |
29.06 |
7 |
29:51 |
6 |
3rd-down conversion |
46.2% |
1 |
32% |
10 |
45.9% |
3 |
4th-down conversion |
60% |
3 |
42% |
6 |
56.2% |
T-2 |
First downs |
244 |
6 |
240 |
8 |
274 |
8 |
2. Blocking and Tackling
Rushing Offense |
139.0 |
7 |
172.2 |
5 |
154.3 |
6 |
Passing Offense |
236.5 |
2 |
190.4 |
8 |
255.5 |
7 |
Rushing Defense |
148.8 |
9 |
190.5 |
8 |
168.7 |
9 |
Passing Defense |
240.7 |
7 |
194.4 |
2 |
284.6 |
11 |
Pass Eff Defense |
139.8 |
9 |
126.43 |
5 |
137.5 |
7 |
Pass Eff Offense |
130.5 |
3 |
121.68 |
8 |
157.4 |
4 |
Total Offense |
375.5 |
7 |
362.5 |
6 |
409.8 |
7 |
Total Defense |
389.5 |
8 |
384.8 |
6 |
453.3 |
11 |
Sacks |
29 |
5 |
28 |
6 |
28 |
7 |
Sacks Allowed |
28 |
6 |
24 |
4 |
34 |
11 |
3. Mistakes
Penalties |
49.5 |
7 |
56.2 |
5 |
59.5 |
5 |
Opponent Penalties |
54.4 |
4 |
63.7 |
3 |
55.4 |
9 |
Turnover Margin |
.33, +4 |
3 |
.15 |
6 |
.08,+1 |
5 |
4. Field Position
Kickoff Returns |
18.6 |
9 |
20.9 |
10 |
23.3 |
3 |
Punt Returns |
9.5 |
6 |
4.9 |
10 |
9.2 |
6 |
Punting net/punt |
36.5 |
6 |
36.5 |
7 |
40.3 |
2 |
Kickoff coverage |
38.4 |
8 |
39.1 |
10 |
41.0 |
10 |
5. Scoreboard, Baby
Field Goals |
.857 |
2 |
.65% |
6 |
.688 |
T-6 |
Redzone Offense |
85.7% |
t-3 |
84% |
3 |
88.5 |
3 |
Redzone Defense |
82.0% |
5 |
92% |
10 |
90.2 |
10 |
Points For |
26.1 |
7 |
21.8 |
8 |
33.4 |
4 |
Points Against |
26.7 |
9 |
29.3 |
8 |
36.5 |
11 |
Table 4. Keith Price's cumulative passing efficiency.
Team |
C |
A |
Y |
T |
I |
PE |
C |
A |
Y |
T |
I |
PE |
EWU |
17 |
25 |
102 |
3 |
0 |
149.87 |
17 |
25 |
102 |
3 |
0 |
149.87 |
Hawai'i |
18 |
25 |
315 |
4 |
1 |
222.64 |
35 |
50 |
417 |
7 |
1 |
182.26 |
Nebraska |
21 |
37 |
274 |
4 |
2 |
143.83 |
56 |
87 |
691 |
11 |
3 |
165.91 |
California |
19 |
25 |
292 |
3 |
0 |
213.71 |
75 |
112 |
983 |
14 |
3 |
176.58 |
Utah |
22 |
30 |
226 |
3 |
1 |
162.95 |
97 |
142 |
1209 |
17 |
4 |
173.70 |
Colorado |
21 |
28 |
257 |
4 |
0 |
199.24 |
118 |
170 |
1466 |
21 |
4 |
177.91 |
Stanford |
23 |
36 |
247 |
1 |
1 |
125.13 |
141 |
206 |
1713 |
22 |
5 |
168.69 |
Arizona |
16 |
30 |
277 |
1 |
3 |
121.89 |
157 |
236 |
1990 |
23 |
8 |
162.74 |
Oregon |
24 |
35 |
143 |
2 |
2 |
110.32 |
181 |
271 |
2133 |
25 |
10 |
155.97 |
USC |
12 |
16 |
125 |
0 |
0 |
140.62 |
193 |
287 |
2258 |
25 |
10 |
155.11 |
OSU |
5 |
9 |
76 |
1 |
1 |
140.93 |
198 |
296 |
2334 |
26 |
11 |
154.68 |
WSU |
21 |
29 |
291 |
3 |
0 |
190.84 |
219 |
325 |
2625 |
29 |
11 |
157.91 |
Baylor |
23 |
37 |
438 |
4 |
0 |
197.28 |
242 |
362 |
3063 |
33 |
11 |
161.93 |